The most important cultural congress of Cuba opened today urging Cuban intellectual and artistic avant-garde to improve the spiritual life of a country undergoing necessary changes.»

The U.S. Senate ordered today a review of the Cuban ”Twitter” and asked USAID to hand over all records as part of a broader review of the agency’s civil-society efforts worldwide.»

Ambassadors of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alternative for the People of our Americas (ALBA) expressed their support to Venezuela  in the struggle to defend peace, the homeland and independence.»

Cuba will increase its annual budget for wholesale milk subsidies in the basic family food basket, by 12 million pesos ($12 million USD at the official exchange rate).»

With the contributions of karate, Cuba’s tickets for the 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games in November, in Veracruz, Mexico, rose today to 375.»

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) spends part of its budget on subversive projects like the “Cuban Twitter” project, the New York Times is reporting today.»

President Raul Castro met with the chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander I. Bastrykin, who is visiting the island.»

Cuba’s Foreign Ministry says that the recent revelations about the U.S. government plan to create a “Cuban Twitter” for destabilizing purposes proves that Washington persists in its subversive plans against the island.»

President Raul Castro’s denunciations on US  attempts to destabilize Cuba were corroborated through the revelation of a plan to push Cuban youth toward counter-revolution, with participation of a U.S. government agency.»

Over 115 union organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean will attend an international meeting to be held here in early May, organizers reported today.»